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Response to Joe Heschmeyer
Joe Heschmeyer wrote a response (link to response) to my previous post (link to my post) regarding Bishop Olmsted. He raises a number of objections to my post, and I’ll try to deal with them in turn. 1. The “God Hath Joined Together” Objection Mr. Heschmeyer objects that I’m trying to separate Christ and His…
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Response to Heschmeyer’s Purgatory Thought Experiments
Joe Heschmeyer at Shameless Popery has provided some “thought experiments” regarding purgatory (link to his post). Heschmeyer has two similar experiments – in both cases an object is dropped and broken. Heschmeyer asks whether the object’s owner can forgive the breaker of the object and still demand that the person who broke it clean up…
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Non Sequitur Illustrated
Here is a classic non sequitur: “The biggest reason I think that Protestantism lies at the heart of relativism is this. Protestants are in the awkward position of saving, ‘All of Christendom c. 1516 and before, you all misunderstand Christianity!’” (Joe Heschmeyer at Shameless Popery) Leaving aside the ridiculous claim that Protestantism has to make…